Shigesato Itoi Comments on Releasing MOTHER 2 Outside of Japan

Well, it’s great us foreign fans are starting to get attention, especially from the man himself!

This made my day!

But I don’t know where the problem is. I mean it should basically ne the same as EarthBound doesn’t it?
So the texts should already exist in English language.
Or maybe it’s meant in terms of, that he needs help to convince his bosses?

Yeah, I think he’s saying it in the context of bureaucracy rather than actual translation work.

This really gives hope that we might see a rerelease after all. Maybe Itoi can put in a good word for us, and convince Nintendo to finally give us a rerelease.

Too bad that it’s not Itoi’s decision whether or not this game gets re-released. But as Prayer For Safety said, maybe he can convince Nintendo to make it happen.

I don’t have a Wii U, but I have an uncle who does. How would one contact Itoi through an American Wii U? That way I could tell him how so he could leave a message on my behalf.

In the meantime, people should keep asking him about a U.S. release. If enough people ask him, maybe he could pull some strings?

Haha, don’t worry, pleeeenty of people are making sure he knows about fans outside of Japan 😛

Small victories are still victories!

Victories that lead to failures are the worst kind of victories.

Well your name is GiveUp. I wouldn’t expect much from you.

My sundaes where are they? I think I need 3 or 4 for this one.

Unfortunately a lot of english speaking fans are being pretty whiny on the Mother 2 miiverse page at this point… In face there are more englishposts than Japanese ones… so I’d encourage people to post positive things, like pictures and stuff. I drew a few pictures for it already, without and english text, just a few neat characters. I think a good attitude would be more appreciated, and even if we never get the game re-released here, we can still celebrate it and share that positive energy with overseas fans.

*in fact

Agreed completely. I don’t think anyone should make insults directed at Reggie or Nintendo.

Itoi just turned my day from bad to AMAZING!

At least this gives a good feeling about the future. I’m sure Itoi is able to pull through for us international fans, considering he is really good friends with Miyamoto and Iwata.
Remember guys, the only one higher up than Reggie is Satoru Iwata himself. I’m sure that if Iwata says to release a game in the U.S., Reggie would have to comply. Unless that’s actually NOT how business could work…

I mean, “not how business works”, not “could work”.

This easily made my day more better.

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This is very interesting. Too bad I don’t own a Wii U. I would have wanted to read through the posts and pictures.

D****t now I have to drop $300 on a Wii U! 😀

Has his profile always said “Producer of EarthBound?”

i don’t mind dropping 300 on a wii u. it’s a completely reasonable price. no, im not swimming in money.

it truly is a strange thing thing that the creator of the game himself has to jump through hoops to get his own game released outside of japan. i know it’s not “his” game. it’s nintendos property, but still. you would think that the person who literally built the thing would have say over where it gets released.

I love Itoi. So much.

Is it possible that Itoi, in his response, is not talking about interpreting the game in English, but maybe hes just saying he wishes someone could interpret for him the english dialogue on the mivverse community? Upon reading his comment the second time it kind of sounds like he’s just talking about the message board. And the “oh my god english translation” guy may be asking for the miiverse page to be in english. That seems like a simpler answer.

Yeah, it’s definitely possible. It all depends on what the English-speaking fan intended, having it in a crazy, all-caps tone makes it hard to tell though.

I’d honestly think that if he wanted English translations on the Miiverse though he’d be able to ask his friends at Nintendo to figure something out rather than plead and ask random people on Twitter.

This all makes me happy.Too bad that living where I live I have to drop $600 on a WiiU,so in my personal case the best thing would be a 3DS release.

Would still be great to see it released,though!

I want this game to be released in Europe. Europeans need to know about this wonderfulness they never got to know.

And now, my day has been made

I bought some ice cream, just in case.

Guys in case you didn’t know Mother 2 was already released outside of Japan. There’s a game called earthbound (you guys probably don’t know it) that is the english version of Mother 2. So now that your all informed about this game maybe you should all stop hassling Itoi about it constantly.

I kove how everyone is referencing the “sundae comic”!

@Yomie
Yeah, we’re all aware of that. The site is CALLED “EarthBound Central.” It’s just that it now costs well over a hundred bucks to buy that thing, and some of us don’t own the SNES. We’re just all kind of upset that the MOTHER series has been getting all this red carpet treatment in Japan and nothing here. The only game to come to our shores legally was EarthBound, wheras Japan got the entire trilogy. ):

I have a coupon for ice cream. I think this is a good opportunity to use it. 😀

@yomie you troll I hate you for even making me respond. We all want all 3 games to come here. I have a copy of earthbound, but its a pain to load and I fear the battery will die out every time I save.

It feels so good to know that my idol is looking after me and my fellow EarthBounders!!!

Even if he simply meant “I wish that could happen”, this still warms my heart knowing he cares so much about Mother/EB fans the world over. That sort of attention to others outside of Japan is so nice to see; it feels like there’s more reason to love the series.

Also, for God’s sake guys. Why would he interpret the guy to ask about the message board being in English? That’s asking the entire Japanese community to take their own messages and translate/learn English, just so those people who speak it can read it.

I think Itoi knows it’s about releasing Earthbound–he’s only gotten about a million requests on the message board about doing that.